Racial and ethnic disparities in antidepressant drug use

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 155-165

  Chen, Jie ^a   Rizzo, John A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; GENERIC DRUG; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION FEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149486710     PISSN: 10914358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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